Quotes On Authenticity

My fans kept asking where they could get clothes like 'Destiny's Child's', so it was only natural for us to do a clothing line. I was adamant about not putting my name on something that I didn't love.

I don't really like to call myself a brand, and I don't like to think of myself as a brand. I'm a singer, a songwriter, a musician and a performer. And an actress, and all the other things that I do. When you add it all together, some might call it a brand, but that's not my focus.

I like to walk around with bare feet and I don't like to comb my hair.

Listen, smile, agree, and then do whatever the fuck you were gonna do anyway.

Do I want to be a hero to my son? No. I would like to be a very real human being. That's hard enough.

I just don't like big guys who speak cryptically and act like they understand the language better than me.

A rapper is about being completely true to yourself. Being an actor is about changing who you are.

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.

Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end - no apologies, no regrets.

Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.

To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.